Creativity

I’m on another silent retreat this week. Which makes me remember my first silent retreat. The one where I went batshit crazy. I was out of my mind with rage at the people meditating around me who felt the need to swallow. Or cough. Or […]

This time you’re determined, dammit. You grab your coffee. You sit down. And you think the same thought that’s been plaguing you for weeks now… “Okay, time to name my business. Let’s do this.” And then? Then, all the RULES rush through your head… You […]

I have a friend who can’t type. She gets by, yes. And she’s turned “hunting and pecking” into an art form. Personally, I think typing is the coolest skill ever. Sometimes when I’m typing away, this little character appears in my head and marvels at […]

Have you ever said something like this to a friend: “Okay – I have this idea… You then spend a good three minutes explaining your idea – and you finish off by asking,] “…Is that a good idea? Or am I just, like, COMPLETELY freakin’ […]

I have a friend who doesn’t know how to type. She can get by, yes. And she’s turned “hunting and pecking” into an art form. But she never learned how to think in terms of “a-s-d-f.” Or “j,k,l, semicolon.” Personally, I think typing is the […]

Dinner was over. We were outside the restaurant. We were about to hug goodbye. And my friend Doug says, “Hey can you look something over for me?” Inside, I freeze. Occasionally, Doug asks me to “look things over.” That’s fine. It’s not the looking over […]

Rita’s dad didn’t approve of her choice to join a mastermind to help her grow her business. Rita said she was expecting a long email from him filled with judgments. As she waited for that email, she was figuring out what she would write back. […]

One of my Platinum mastermind clients, a successful corporate trainer, issued a plea to her peers last week in the Facebook group. She wrote: Today I am having a tough time creating. Feeling rather overwhelmed and a bit stressed out. Does this happen to anyone […]

Best Of Series: This is a repost of one of my most popular blog posts. Here’s how I taught my dog to catch food in mid-air: My husband and I would sit on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn. My dog would watch us. […]

We’re about to cross the halfway mark of 2015. Back in December, if you read my Word of the Year Discovery Tool, you chose a word for yourself. It was a word to guide you through this year. This practice of choosing a word-of-the-year (rather […]